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AXPONA 2025
AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 4: Monarch & SME
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 24, 2025  |  0 comments

Welcome to Part 4 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report series. This time around, Julie spends time in Monarch Systems Distribution’s Room 434 and checks out setups comprised of the SME Synergy full-package system featuring the company’s MK2 turntable, Chario Academy Serendipity loudspeakers, B.audio amplification, and more. . .

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AXPONA Video Report: New Turntables From Well Tempered Lab, TriangleArt, TW Acustic, Vertere, AVM, and More!
Mike Mettler,  |  Apr 23, 2025  |  0 comments

Our in-depth AXPONA 2025 coverage continues! In today’s installment, AP’s chief product reviewer Ken Micallef shares video footage of as many turntables that he could get on camera at the big show — plus some new tonearms and cartridges, to boot — including cool new offerings from the likes of Well Tempered Lab, TriangleArt, TW Acustic, Vertere, AVM, and many, many more. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 3: Wilson Benesch
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 22, 2025  |  3 comments

Hello and welcome to the third installment of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report series. In this edition, Mullins visits with Wilson Benesch to see what’s up with their new Prime Meridian turntable system. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 2: Manley
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 21, 2025  |  1 comments

In Part 2 of our AXPONA 2025 show report series, Julie Mullins checks in with EveAnna Manley to get the scoop on Manley’s new Precision line and phono preamp. . .

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Album Reviews
Original Soundtracks 1 by Passengers (a.k.a. Brian Eno and U2) Is a Must-Own 180g 2LP Recycled Black Vinyl 30th Anniversary Record Store Day Release
Mark Smotroff  |  Apr 18, 2025  |  0 comments

One of the more under-the-radar releases that we didn’t see or hear many people talking about pre-Record Store Day 2025 is the 30th anniversary 180g 2LP vinyl reissue of Passengers’ Original Soundtracks 1, a 1995 collaboration between U2 and their then-producer Brian Eno — but it absolutely should warrant your immediate attention, front and center. Read Mark Smotroff’s review to see why you need to track down this RSD gem, pronto. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, Part 1: Thiele, Rega, AVM
Julie Mullins  |  Apr 18, 2025  |  2 comments

AXPONA is back, and bigger and better than ever. People packed Chicagoland’s Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center’s rooms and hallways the weekend of April 11-13, 2025, and AP was there to take in all of it. Read Part 1 of Julie Mullins’ AXPONA 2025 show report to see what she saw and heard from Thiele, Rega, and AVM. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 3: TEAC
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 16, 2025  |  0 comments

Welcome welcome welcome to Part 3 of our AXPONA: First Impressions series. Today, we take a look at and a listen to some cool new TEAC gear, including their TN-5BB turntable, PE-505 phono preamp, and AP-507 power amp. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 2: Clearaudio & Quintessence Audio Ltd.
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 15, 2025  |  0 comments

Welcome back to Part 2 of our AXPONA: First Impressions series. Today, we take a look at some of the way-cool Clearaudio gear that was on display in the Quintessence Audio Ltd. vestibule area at the foot of the main escalators. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Show Report, First Impressions Edition, Part 1: Grimm Audio and Revox
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 14, 2025  |  4 comments

It seems like only yesterday we were at AXPONA 2025 — well, actually, it was exactly yesterday, April 13, 2025, that we spent our last day at AXPONA, and what a deeply fulfilling show it was overall. To commence our recap of the show, the first installment of our AXPONA 2025 first impressions post features gear seen and heard from Grimm Audio and Revox. . .

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AXPONA 2025 Preview: SME Model 8 Turntable
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 10, 2025  |  8 comments

If there’s one product category we want to see in droves at AXPONA, it’s gotta be turntables. Luckily, we got an early look at a cool new table before heading off to the airport today — and since we promised to post a few new gear previews before we touch ground at the big show, here’s a look at SME’s forthcoming Model 8 turntable, thanks to Monarch Systems Ltd. . . .

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